Regulators Could Have Prevented Fatal Tesla Crash
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Two Tesla passengers are dead, partly because the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ignored calls from the National Transportation Safety Board to require automakers to implement safe driver monitoring technology in "driverless" vehicles.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- CA bill looking to put safety before speed is part of a nationwide trend (LA Times)
- It took a decade, but the town of Muscoy is finally getting sidewalks (SBSun)
- Earth Day 2021: Join the Youth Climate Summit (Teen Vogue)
- San Bernardino chooses developer for Carousel Mall who plans to turn it into downtown hub (SBSun)
- Santa Clarita rep Garcia joins other CA Republicans in urging feds not to fund CA High-Speed Rail (Signal SCV)
- Californians found out what it’s like to not have to commute, and don’t want to go back (Mercury News)
- All-electric cars and trucks will save bucks, but need policies to make it happen (Utility Dive)
- Retired rail cars repurposed in Long Beach (LB Post)
- Columnist laments California’s Gas Tax (OC Register)
- Biden’s transpo budget is a mini version of his jobs plan: money for transit and a focus on racial equity. (WaPo)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Irwindale Active Transportation Plan Envisions a Safer, More Bike- and Pedestrian-Friendly Future
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The city currently has two bike facilities. The new plan proposes adding 39 bicycle projects and 71 pedestrian improvements over the next 10-20 years. The city council is expected to approve the plan this month.
And the Sorriest Bus Stop in North America Is…
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Hint: North America has a new l’arrêt d’autobus le plus désolant.
Streetfilms Auteur Reveals How You, Too, Can Create ‘Bike Count’ Videos
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Clarence Eckerson Jr. — the Orson Welles of the streets — shares the secrets of making a great bike count video, and how such footage can help create change in your city.
Q&A: Eric Jacobsen on How Cars Make us Lonelier
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The author of "Three Pieces of Glass" shows how the phone, the TV and the car windshield make us so damn unhappy.
Today’s Headlines
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- LADOT publishes its first official count of biking and walking (Mass Transit)
- It would be a mistake to cede streets back to cars (The Atlantic)
- Electric bikes can replace cars, save people a LOT of money – here’s an example (Electrek)
- Bicycles have “disrupted” French cities (Eltis)
- Bringing Bay Area transit under one umbrella (RT&S)
- Climate emergency is giving California the opportunity to change (Mercury News)
- Lessons from California’s climate policies (American Progress)
- Inyo and Kern counties install EV fast-charging stations (Caltrans)
- Natural Resources Agency announces $28m in urban greening projects (Lake County News)
- First France, now Germany curtailing flights in favor of rail travel (APNews)
- Top climate leaders will participate in “sustainability conference” sponsored by Big Oil (Heated)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Programs that Pay Residents to Give Up Cars Gain Support Worldwide
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France may soon pay its residents to trade their private cars for e-bikes, vehicle-share services, and even transit passes — and the move is re-igniting the conversation about unconventional ways our governments can subsidize the greenest modes of transportation.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Interview with the founder of Streets For All (LA Times)
- LA finds that protected bike lanes increase biking (Urbanize LA)
- Our real climate and transportation policy: cheap gas (CityCommentary)
- The dark side of transportation electrification (Forbes)
- Altering the pitch for federal money to match Biden priorities (Washington Post)
- Can America’s road builders break the highway habit? (Bloomberg)
- Designing tiny house communities for homeless people (LA Times)
- Zoom fatigue is real, and worse for women (SF Chronicle)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Eyes on the Street: New Bike Lanes on 7th Street in Koreatown
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One-third of a mile new bike lanes in Ktown, plus two new blocks of bike lanes on Figueroa Street in Chinatown
Talking Headways Podcast: Call it the Manual Undermining Terrific Community Design (MUTCD)
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We have met the enemy and it is the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.